Abstract: Its a good time to be on the market for a new video card. After floundering in second place behind nVidia for the past few years, ATI's Radeon 48xx-series videocards promise to boost AMDs marketshare back up to a healthy margins by delivering fast framerates for a very competitive price.84% Rating:

Videocard Benchmarks: 3DMark06

3DMark06 is
the worldwide standard in advanced 3D game performance benchmarking. A
fundamental tool for every company in the PC industry as well as PC users and
gamers, 3DMark06 uses advanced real-time 3D game workloads to measure PC
performance using a suite of DirectX 9 3D graphics tests, CPU tests, and 3D
feature tests. 3DMark06 tests include all new HDR/SM3.0 graphics tests, SM2.0
graphics tests, AI and physics driven single and multiple cores or processor CPU
tests and a collection of comprehensive feature tests to reliably measure next
generation gaming performance today.

Futuremark 3DMark06
1.0.2

Overall:

Points

Ranking

Palit HD4870 X2
2GB

13231

Asus EAH3870 X2
1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A

13387

Asus EAH3870 X2
1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire)

13431

MSI
R3870X2-T2D1G-OC

13468

Diamond Viper
Radeon HD 2900XT

9579

Diamond Viper
Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire

11252

Asus
EAH4850 HTDI/512M

10965

Diamond HD 3650
PE 512

3494

MSI RX2600XT
Diamond

4874

Asus EAX1900XTX
2DHTV/512M/A

6060

Asus
EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A

4904

nVidia Geforce
9600GTs in SLI

10831

Asus EN9600GT
Top/HTDI/512M

9720

Foxconn
9600GT-512NOC

9549

Palit Geforce
9600GT 512

9579

Biostar
V903GT52-NV1AN

9190

MSI
NX8800GTX-T2D768E

10681

Foxconn
FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC

8799

MSI
NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC

8777

Palit 8800GT
Super+ 1GB

9952

MSI
NX8800GT-T2D512E-OC

10300

Asus EN8800GT
TOP/G/HTDP/512M/A

10426

GeForce 8600GTS
SLI

8827

Foxconn
8600GTS-256

5556

MSI
NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC

5518

Albatron
8600GT-256

4648

Gigabyte
GV-NX85T256H SLI

5143

MSI
NX8500GT-TD256E

2240

MSI
NX7950GX2-T2D1GE

8057

MSI
NX7900GTX-T2D512E

6173

MSI
NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC

4945

Gigabyte
GV-NX76T256D-RH

3268

Biostar
Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS

2654

SM2.0

Points

Ranking

Palit HD4870 X2
2GB

5535

Asus EAH3870 X2
1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A

5855

Asus EAH3870 X2
1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire)

5641

MSI
R3870X2-T2D1G-OC

5943

Diamond Viper
Radeon HD 2900XT

4163

Diamond Viper
Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire

4793

Asus
EAH4850 HTDI/512M

4692

Diamond HD 3650
PE 512

1144

MSI RX2600XT
Diamond

2356

Asus EAX1900XTX
2DHTV/512M/A

2342

Asus
EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A

1949

nVidia Geforce
9600GTs in SLI

4772

Asus EN9600GT
Top/HTDI/512M

4604

Foxconn
9600GT-512NOC

4510

Palit Geforce
9600GT 512

4538

Biostar
V903GT52-NV1AN

4331

MSI
NX8800GTX-T2D768E

4812

Foxconn
FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC

4010

MSI
NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC

3958

Palit 8800GT
Super+ 1GB

4676

MSI
NX8800GT-T2D512E-OC

4717

Asus EN8800GT
TOP/G/HTDP/512M/A

4763

GeForce 8600GTS
SLI

4157

Foxconn
8600GTS-256

2376

MSI
NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC

2343

Albatron
8600GT-256

1949

Gigabyte
GV-NX85T256H SLI

2272

MSI
NX8500GT-TD256E

866

MSI
NX7950GX2-T2D1GE

3619

MSI
NX7900GTX-T2D512E

2579

MSI
NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC

1974

Gigabyte
GV-NX76T256D-RH

1286

Biostar
Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS

1007

HDR/SM3.0

Points

Ranking

Palit HD4870 X2
2GB

7973

Asus EAH3870 X2
1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A

7553

Asus EAH3870 X2
1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire)

8130

MSI
R3870X2-T2D1G-OC

7577

Diamond Viper
Radeon HD 2900XT

4726

Diamond Viper
Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire

6382

Asus
EAH4850 HTDI/512M

5623

Diamond HD 3650
PE 512

1460

MSI RX2600XT
Diamond

1922

Asus EAX1900XTX
2DHTV/512M/A

2614

Asus
EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A

2011

nVidia Geforce
9600GTs in SLI

5917

Asus EN9600GT
Top/HTDI/512M

4580

Foxconn
9600GT-512NOC

4478

Palit Geforce
9600GT 512

4511

Biostar
V903GT52-NV1AN

4195

MSI
NX8800GTX-T2D768E

5177

Foxconn
FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC

3976

MSI
NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC

4006

Palit 8800GT
Super+ 1GB

4770

MSI
NX8800GT-T2D512E-OC

5059

Asus EN8800GT
TOP/G/HTDP/512M/A

5084

GeForce 8600GTS
SLI

3769

Foxconn
8600GTS-256

2083

MSI
NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC

2085

Albatron
8600GT-256

1675

Gigabyte
GV-NX85T256H SLI

1942

MSI
NX8500GT-TD256E

757

MSI
NX7950GX2-T2D1GE

3466

MSI
NX7900GTX-T2D512E

2494

MSI
NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC

1935

Gigabyte
GV-NX76T256D-RH

1163

Biostar
Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS

1097

The Asus
EAH4850 512M videocard scores 10965 Overall 3DMarks in 3DMark06, only being
between by a Crossfire setup and a X2 card.